Rules-related weird stories: 4016

#14 - "Ignore"

At that moment, Lin Yi felt a chill scurrying up his spine, piercing his brain like a drawn blade, then transforming into countless streams of icy air rushing out from the top of his head.

His limbs instantly became incredibly stiff, his mind went blank, and the black and white threads in his mind disappeared, leaving only the face of his classmate.

As this classmate turned his face, Lin Yi strictly adhered to the head teacher's warning, not sparing even a single glance to observe him.

But even though Lin Yi's gaze was fixed on the table leg in front of him, the human eye's field of vision and the retina's imaging ability still presented him with a relatively complete image of his classmate's face.

It was a dull and youthful face, covered with a thick layer of oily substance, as if a layer of white wax had been smeared and spread across it.

In his field of vision, there was also a blurry, drooping black substance, which seemed to be long hair, or perhaps something else.

And on that classmate's face, something seemed to be reflecting a yellowish-crystal light.

Lin Yi stared intently at the table leg in front of him, his body becoming incredibly stiff due to extreme trembling, his whole being seemingly fused with the table leg.

He concentrated and held his breath, not daring to even breathe heavily, wishing he could make the air traveling through his nasal cavity roll around twice more.

The classmate stared blankly at Lin Yi for a while, then gripped the flashlight tightly and slowly straightened his back.

Lin Yi's tense body slowly relaxed.

But at that very instant.

"Whoosh!"

The classmate returned, suddenly bending down again, tilting his waxy-white head towards Lin Yi's location!

At this moment, the distance between him and Lin Yi was less than a fist!

He seemed to sense something, but he also seemed unable to see Lin Yi, merely staring blankly at the position of Lin Yi's face, as if wanting to be noticed by Lin Yi's gaze.

But Lin Yi's gaze remained focused on the table leg from beginning to end.

The breath that Lin Yi was about to exhale was stuck between his chest and throat, and in just a few seconds, his face turned red, his neck thickened, and his whole body trembled subconsciously.

An indescribable sense of terror spread in his heart, slowly igniting his desire to observe like a bonfire, tempting him to look at that face.

"Look at me..."

"Look at me..."

"I know... you can see me..."

"Please look at me..."

"Please..."

Lin Yi didn't react at all, nor did he dare to react in any way.

He just stared fixedly at the table leg, and if his gaze were truly as sharp as a blade, he would have already carved the table leg into a perfectly round and straight, slender and beautiful leg...

Just as Lin Yi was holding his breath until his eyes were bloodshot and his mind was about to lose clarity, the classmate still refused to give up, extending a pale arm that looked like it had been coated with plaster towards Lin Yi's location.

"You son of a bitch!!!"

Lin Yi's eyeballs were about to pop out, but when one reaches the end of their rope, besides madness, there is only the possibility of becoming mad.

Everything seemed to slow down extremely, countless rules rolling through Lin Yi's mind...

Student Code of Conduct, Teaching Building Code of Conduct...

"Damn it, what else is there?!"

"Right! Xu Shunkang and Xie Huayang's words!"

"And... the head teacher's words!"

Sentence after sentence formed a strong storm in Lin Yi's mind, and at this moment he felt no fatigue at all, but instead felt determined and refreshed.

Just as the classmate's hand was about to reach his shoulder, he made an extremely crazy move!

He moved his gaze down along the table leg, landing on the ground.

The composite floor tiles had messy patterns, like a child's random doodles.

At this moment, the light and shadows above his head intersected, and the classmate's hand grabbed back and forth at his original position, finally withdrawing in disappointment after grabbing unsuccessfully.

"It really works! It really works!!!"

Lin Yi's heart was pounding wildly, but his body had long been trembling due to extreme breath-holding, but even so, he still gripped the table leg tightly.

Because his strength was too great, his knuckles had turned white.

But his excitement surpassed everything, he was so excited that he felt like he had given himself a shot of adrenaline, pushing himself past the limit of his physical strength.

Because so far, he had finally received the first positive feedback from the rules!

Xu Shunkang told him before leaving:

【Obeying the rules is a means of achieving self-protection.】

And the Student Code of Conduct says the following about evening self-study:

【During this period, if you notice any unusual noises or see unusual figures outside the window, please ignore them, especially when they call your name outside the dormitory or classroom.】

He had recited the Student Code of Conduct countless times in his heart, but none of them mentioned how to deal with the situation just now.

Is this a problem with the Student Code of Conduct?

Obviously not.

The Student Code of Conduct summarized the unexpected situations they might encounter into a few extremely simple articles, and the situation just now was obviously included in this one.

If there are any unusual noises in the classroom, the best thing to do is to "ignore" them.

Moreover, the few warnings issued by the head teacher before leaving:

【Don't close your eyes!

Don't look around or look up!

Don't communicate with anyone!

Don't pay attention to any sounds!】

These warnings are all extensions of the concept of "ignoring."

Whether it was the head teacher or Xu Shunkang and the others, they seemed to know more than he did, but they seemed to have some concerns, so they could only remind themselves in this way.

"Could it be that they are afraid that saying too much will make people think too much about these things?"

Lin Yi felt that his guess was correct.

Thinking is possible, but you can't think about those phenomena that seem a little wrong, and you can't try to understand some things that seem strange.

The few times he experienced intense fatigue before were because he thought about these things.

"So, whether they can see me or not is related to whether I see them or not?"

"Or is this rule based on some kind of 'underlying logic'?"

"This series of practices, including 'ignoring,' are all based on a most basic 'law.'"

This thought subconsciously emerged in his mind.

At the same time, he subconsciously wanted to focus his attention on the classmate who had just walked away...

At the crucial moment, he shattered the attention he was about to place on his classmate with a soul-searching question—

"Which is better, the Bare Leg Cult or the Stocking Cult?"

"The Stocking Cult is absolutely invincible, but if you are facing certain special situations within the Bare Leg Cult..."

"emmm..."

As slender thighs and beautiful legs in stockings gradually emerged in his mind, Lin Yi felt that the original sense of suffocation and discomfort was being relieved.

"Phew—"

"Okay, it's okay now..."

Hearing the classmate seemed to be turning to leave, Lin Yi breathed a long sigh of relief. His nerves, which had been stretched to the breaking point, finally relaxed slowly at this moment.

He suddenly understood why the bookshelves in the circular stepped classroom were filled with manga, especially H-manga...…

When it really comes to the point where you have to change the direction of your thinking, the core driving force of 'lewdness' trumps everything.

"But speaking of which, what do girls think about at times like these?"

Lin Yi shook his head. That question was beyond his capabilities.

He pulled back his mental strength and, like a Voldemort, felt the pulse of the earth, grabbing two desk legs with both hands, as if he were a giant turtle nailed to the floor tiles by the desk.

Suddenly, a strange noise appeared on the desk above him, like a sandbag bumping into the leg of the desk.

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A heavy force was transmitted along the desk to the corner. Lin Yi's nerves, which had just relaxed, suddenly tensed up again. He gripped the desk legs tightly, trying his best to keep the desk from being moved.

"What's going on now?!"

"Are they going to flip the table?"

"Okay, okay, is that how we're playing it?"

He gritted his teeth, but the desk suddenly stopped moving.

Just as Lin Yi was feeling a little puzzled, a huge black shadow slid down along the edge of the desk and landed with a "thud" in front of him...…

It was that little genius who had been holding the portable flashlight at the beginning.

He had already lost his vital signs. His eyes were rolled back, showing only the whites, and his twisted face was etched with intense fear and despair...…

He fell to the ground, his huge, pale eyes staring at Lin Yi, as if trying to release all the terror he had felt before his death.

But Lin Yi didn't see it.

Having understood some of the rules of survival, he had already focused on the patterns on the ground before the little genius's body slid down.

Terror was like a tide, but he was like a rock, standing firm despite the darkness.

But then, the little genius's body began to slide slowly...…

It turned out to be that classmate from earlier, holding the little genius's foot in one hand and the portable flashlight in the other, slowly moving around the classroom.

He was like an orderly evil night watchman, casually shining the light and dragging the corpse around the classroom.

“Ah—”

Some of the students hiding under the desks accidentally saw the little genius's tragic state and couldn't withstand such suppressed fear, letting out a desperate scream.

At this moment, a difficult voice came from that student's throat:

“You… …saw me!”

The extremely hoarse voice sounded like someone was speaking with sand in their mouth, making it feel as uncomfortable as worms crawling on your body.

“I… …found you!”

“We… …found you!”

"Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish...…"

In the classroom, gazes fell on the students who had screamed under the desks in the dark corners.

"Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap...…"

Seats were successively flipped back, and thin, straight figures left their seats one after another.

May 6, 2023, 22:43.

Class 2, Group B, Teaching Building, in the dimly lit classroom.

Figures patrolled in the dark classroom, and occasionally a beam of light would pass by, stretching their shadows straight on the ground.

Thick fog howled straight in from the open classroom door, causing the pages of the books on the shelves to flip and rustle.

The night grew darker, the fog grew thicker, lightning tore through the night sky outside the window, and shadows scurried in the classroom, woodenly moving, like a forest of tombstones.

… …

Lin Yi lay prone on the floor tiles, staring intently at the patterns on the ground, concentrating and using his ears to find the ticking sound of the quartz watch's hands amidst the rising and falling screams.

"Tick! Tick! Tick! Tick...…"

He silently counted each tick of the hands, and time seemed to flow through his fingertips.

Until the hands ticked for the 1358th second, the light bulbs in the classroom, which had been extinguished for a long time, suddenly flickered with a "pop," and then slowly went out amidst a "zzzz" sound.

"Clang—clang—"

The sound of an iron chain dragging on the ground echoed in the corridor outside the classroom.

"Thump! Thump! Thump...…"

Heavy footsteps echoed in the corridor of the classroom.

A tall, iron-tower-like figure was reflected on the frosted window glass.

"It's the security guard!" Lin Yi's heart jumped, but he still remained motionless.

The security guard's figure moved slowly on the window glass, from the back of the classroom to the door, and then stopped.

The sound of the iron chain rubbing against the ground stopped with the footsteps.

But the next moment, the iron chain slid quickly on the ground with a "whoosh," and Lin Yi's mind automatically filled in the picture of the security guard wielding the iron chain with his mountain-like, burly figure.

The iron chain entered the classroom with a powerful whistling sound, and the next moment Lin Yi heard the sound of the iron chain wrapped around something tough.

“Get out of here!”

The security guard's heavy and deep voice sounded like muffled thunder on a summer night. He exerted his strength suddenly, and the iron chain dragged the entangled object out of the classroom!

After that, the classroom door slammed shut with a "bang!"

With the closing of the classroom door, the two worlds seemed to be cut off with a single stroke.

The last scene reflected on the glass was the security guard holding something dark and rolling down the steps.

The whole world seemed to be quiet.

The strange students in the classroom were also stunned and stood still.

Only one of the light bulbs on the ceiling flickered on and off, "pop… zzzz… pop… zzzz…"

Before long, the light bulbs in the classroom flickered one after another.

As the light bulbs returned to brightness, the classroom gradually returned to light, and the mist that permeated the floor tiles seemed to disappear quickly as if it had encountered a nemesis.

Lin Yi stared at the ground, observing the frequency of the changes in light and shadow on the ground with utmost concentration, so as to judge the restoration of the light bulbs in the classroom.

When the lights stopped flickering, Lin Yi slowly climbed up from the ground, his line of sight rising from the floor tiles back to the desk legs, observing the movements in the classroom with the corner of his eye.

But because he had recently encountered that strange classmate's almost repeated harassment, even though he felt that the classroom was already safe, he still had no intention of leaving the desk.

He was waiting to see if any idiot dared to be the first to stick their head out.

Then he heard a voice of amnesty beside him: "Lao Lin...… Are you okay? Damn, I was scared to death just now!"

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